Almost every week, I encounter bank CEOs or IT executives who tell me they don’t have the bandwidth to move to cloud computing. Some think they don’t need it. Others think it’s gimmicky. Most are anxious about data security. For example …

“Yeah, we’ve thought about it, but we have a lot invested in our current systems.”

“Cloud? That’s something we want to look into next year. Right now we’re up to our ears in a core conversion and our employees are maxed out.”

How do I love thee, Smartphone? Let me count the ways: watching a movie, finding directions, listening to music, getting the score, buying stuff, playing games, videotaping the kids’ soccer game … and doing my banking.

When a phone is your PFI

For today’s Americans, making phone calls with your iPhone or android is almost an afterthought. A November 2015 Pew Research Center study found two-thirds of American adults own a smartphone – nearly double the number from four years ago. And mobile searches officially outpaced desktop searches last year, according to Google. Not only do […]

Virtual StrongBox’s patented encryption-at-rest data technology solutions are regulatory-compliant and remove financial institutions’ number one barrier to transitioning to the cloud. Financial institutions provide their customers with private, secure space in online “safe-deposit boxes” – branded as My Virtual StrongBox – where they can store important documents like deeds and wills. Only […]